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Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet (13 February 1847 – 3 November 1934) was a Scottish businessman who founded the British construction firm which is now known as Sir Robert McAlpine. He was made a baronet in June 1918, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the first of the McAlpine baronets .
Sir Robert McAlpine Limited is a family-owned building and civil engineering company based in Hemel Hempstead, England. It carries out engineering and construction in the infrastructure, heritage, commercial, arena and stadium, healthcare, education and nuclear sectors.
Sir Alfred Robert McAlpine, 3rd Baronet (1907–1968) Sir Thomas George Bishop McAlpine, 4th Baronet (1901–1983) Sir (Robert) Edwin McAlpine, 5th Baronet (1907–1990) (created Baron McAlpine of Moffat in 1980) Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet (1936–2018) Sir Andrew William McAlpine, 7th Baronet (born 1960) The heir apparent is the ...
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Alfred James McAlpine (15 June 1908 – 6 November 1991), [1] not to be confused with Baron McAlpine, was a member of the noted Anglo-Scottish construction-based McAlpine family, the son of Sir Alfred David McAlpine and the grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet. [2] He usually went by his middle name of James or Jimmie. [2]
McAlpine was also a Patron of the Swanage Railway Trust, as well as President of the Transport Trust, the charity dedicated to the preservation of all modes of transport and its infrastructure. Three locomotives have been named Sir William McAlpine; Ruston 48 No.294266, once owned by Sir William himself, EWS's 60008 and DB Cargo UK's 90028. [10 ...
Born the son of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, after completing his education he served an apprenticeship across the family construction and civil engineering business. [ 1 ] Having been appointed to run McAlpine (Midlands) Ltd, which covered the Midlands and Northwest of England, in 1935 following the death of Sir Robert and his eldest son ...
Edwin was the second son of William Hepburn McAlpine. He joined the family firm when he left Oundle School at the age of 18, becoming a partner in the 1950s. In 1955, he became deputy chairman of the Nuclear Power Plant Co., becoming the chairman four years later, overseeing the construction of seven nuclear power stations for Sir Robert McAlpine.